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It was a “breathing space” budget from Chancellor John Healey. In the absence of big surprises or bold change, Healey’s trade-off appears to be small reliefs now in exchange for “fresh hope” in the future. Here’s what our experts made of the chancellor’s first budget.

Open University researchers are leading a new project exploring how language education for refugees and migrants can become more multilingual and inclusive across the UK’s devolved nations.

The Open University hosted its third lecture in its Global Development Annual Lecture series on 22 October 2026, delivered by Naila Kabeer, Professor Emeritus at the London School of Economics, a faculty member of their International Inequalities Institute, and on the government board of the Atlantic Fellowship for Social and Economic Equity.

A researcher from The Open University's Knowledge Media Institute has secured a major UK Research and Innovation grant to help ensure artificial intelligence can be used safely, fairly and transparently in research assessment.

Misconceptions about vaccination persist, including the belief that improved hygiene and sanitation have made vaccines unnecessary. Why do such claims continue to attract support when the evidence for vaccination is so strong?

A national public health campaign co-developed by The Open University researchers to support UK-wide communities to age well, inclusive of, co-developed with and for unpaid carers, has won the ‘Standout Campaign of the Year’ category at the 2026 Carers UK Awards.

Following the launch of the Milton Keynes Robotics Adoption Hub during MK Tech Week, researchers at The Open University have secured just over £200,000 in Innovate UK funding to investigate how towns and cities can make informed decisions about the adoption of robotics technologies.

The Open University will once again join forces with Midlands Innovation, Nottingham Trent University and De Montfort University to deliver Open Research Week 2027, a sector-wide celebration of open, transparent and inclusive research.

In her inaugural lecture on 8 October 2026, Jacqueline Baxter, Professor of Public Leadership and Management, Open University Business School, Faculty of Business & Law, examined the powerful yet often unseen ways organisational and sociological cultures shape learning, leadership, meaning and occupational identity in today’s workplaces.

The UK’s pension triple lock has only been in place for 15 years. But it’s done the job it was brought in to do, and now it should be scrapped.